The Pittsburgh Steelers have won more Super Bowl rings than any other NFL team  6. And despite falling short of a seventh on Sunday against the Green Bay Packers, TIME takes a look at some things you might not know about one of the oldest franchises in the NFL.

Supreme Player

By Alexandra SilverFriday, Feb. 04, 2011

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Back in 1938, when the Steelers were still the Pirates, they signed Byron White, All-American and future Supreme Court justice, to his first NFL contract. "Whizzer" White led the league in rushing that season. But as TIME noted in its profile of him nearly 50 years ago, "White took a year out from pro football to go to Oxford University in 1939 as a Rhodes scholar." He eventually went on to play with the Detroit Lions as well as graduate from Yale Law School. In 1962, President Kennedy appointed him to the Supreme Court.